Legal Opinion

Rand v. Cornell University

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 24, 2012PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Defendant established its entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, in this action for personal injuries allegedly sustained when plaintiff slipped and fell on a sheet of ice on the sidewalk outside defendant’s building. At the time of the fall, it was “cold with very light flurries,” and plaintiff alleges that the sheet of ice “was under the flurried snow.” Defendant submitted, inter alia, the affidavit of a climatologist and weather data from the day of the accident showing that a storm was in progress at the time of the accident (see Pipero v New York City Tr. Auth., 69 AD3d 493 [2010];…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Bernstein v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1987
  2. Powell v. MLG Hillside Associates, L.P.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
  3. Pipero v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Tubens v. New York City Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
  5. Hamill v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980

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3Cited by7 opinions

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  3. GILBERT, RENEE v. TONAWANDA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICTAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  4. Gilbert v. Tonawanda City School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
  5. Gilbert v. Tonawanda City School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015

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